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Fairfax Media

Company nameFairfax Media Limited
Company typePublic (ASX - FXJ)
IndustryMedia
Founded1841
Headquarters201 Sussex Street
Level 19
Darling Park
AU Sydney, Australia
Key peopleBrian McCarthy, CEO
Roger Corbett, Chairman
ProductsNewspapers
Radio
Magazines
Internet
RevenueAUD$2.6 billion (28-Jun-2009)
Employees8,979 (30/06/2009)

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Fairfax Media Limited, is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The group's operations include newspapers, magazines, radios and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand. Fairfax Media was founded by the Fairfax family as John Fairfax Holdings but they lost control of the company in December 1990. The group's Chairman is Roger Corbett and the Chief Executive Officer is Brian McCarthy. As of May 2008 Fairfax Media had a market capitalisation of over $5 billion.

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Exquisite media dilemma - Business Spectator Tweet this news
Business Spectator--The debate about paywalls and whether to charge for online journalism took an interesting turn this week when -John Fairfax- was accused of not charging for ... - Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:12:57 GMT+00:00
Background on the President's Event in Fairfax, Virginia Today - Whitehouse.gov (press release) Tweet this news
Whitehouse.gov (press release)--*Backgrounder on Recovery Act Investments in Virginia and the -Fairfax- area attached. -John- Nicholas and Nicole Armstrong are natives of -Fairfax- County who ... - Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:24:45 GMT+00:00
Copper Nears Two-Year High - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal---...- a weakening dollar increases demand for base metals and market expectations around further stimulus in the US remain," said -Fairfax- analyst -John- Meyer. ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:22:54 GMT+00:00
Murray's scale of intensity tops out at Seven - The Australian Tweet this news
The Australian---...- Bank's board implosion in 2004 and the bitter falling out between -Fairfax- Media chairman Ron Walker and major shareholder -John- B. -Fairfax- last year. ... - Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:40:34 GMT+00:00
BULLION MORNING - Gold suffers selling pressure on dollar rebound, lack of data - FXstreet.com The Forex Market Tweet this news
FXstreet.com The Forex Market--"With the US platinum and palladium exchange traded funds having seen no changes to their -holdings- in almost a full month and global ETF positioning showing ... - Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:36:30 GMT+00:00
Fairfax board spots filled by ex-journo, media CEO - ABC Online Tweet this news
ABC Online--In July, -John- B. -Fairfax- (who is a substantial shareholder in the company) announced he was stepping down from the board. The media group's chairman Roger ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:21:54 GMT+00:00
IG Markets - Australian Market Wrap Sept. 1, 2010 - Scoop.co.nz (press release) Tweet this news
Scoop.co.nz (press release)--Among discretionary names, Crown and -Fairfax Holdings- added % and % while Wesfarmers and Woolworths were up more than 1.7%.--- - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:22:04 GMT+00:00
Art Deco collector combines passion with preservation - Los Angeles Times Tweet this news
Los Angeles Times--He got hooked on Art Deco in 2002 while browsing at the Melrose Trading Post at -Fairfax- High School in Los Angeles. When he saw a plate made for the Paris ... - Date : Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:27:36 GMT+00:00
GOTW Highlights for Sept. 3: W.T. Woodson at Fairfax - MyFox Washington DC Tweet this news
MyFox Washington DC--In the 1st quarter, the Cavaliers went up 7-0 when WT Woodson sophomore quarterback Andrew McKay passed to -John- Stokes on a screen pass that went for a ... - Date : Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:55:48 GMT+00:00
Fairfax media returns to profit - Campden FB Tweet this news
Campden FB--The founding Fairfax family owns 9.7% of Fairfax through its private company Marinya Media. -John Fairfax- (pictured) and his son Nicholas Fairfax are both ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:59:47 GMT+00:00

Fairfax Media

NewspaperThe Advocate * The Age * The Australian Financial Review * Bendigo Advertiser * The Border Mail * The Canberra Times * Central Western Daily * The Courier * The Daily Advertiser * Daily Liberal * The Dominion Post * The Examiner * Illawarra Mercury * Maitland Mercury * The Marlborough Express * The Nelson Mail * The Newcastle Herald * Northern Daily Leader * The Press * The Queanbeyan Age * The Scone Advocate * The Southland Times * Sunday News * The Sunday Star-Times * The Sydney Morning Herald (The Sun-Herald) * Taranaki Daily News * The Timaru Herald * Waikato Times
Radio2UE * 3AW * 4BC * 6PR * 3EE * 4BH * 96fm * Others
OnlineBrisbane Times * WAtoday
OtherBusiness Review Weekly * Cuisine * TV Guide (New Zealand) * Fairfax New Zealand * Rural Press * The Weather Company * Farm Progress

Business in Australia

InstitutionsAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission * Australian corporations law * Australian Prudential Regulation Authority * Australian Securities and Investments Commission * Australian Securities Exchange * S&P/ASX 50 * S&P/ASX 200 * The Constitutional corporations power * Economy of Australia
Business associationsAustralian Chamber of Commerce and Industry * Australian Hotels Association * Australian Industry Group * Business Council of Australia * Minerals Council of Australia * National Farmers' Federation
Major companiesANZ Bank * BHP Billiton * CSL Limited * Cochlear Limited * Commonwealth Bank * Fairfax Media * Holden * James Hardie * National Australia Bank * News Corporation * Qantas * QBE Insurance * Rio Tinto * Telstra * Wesfarmers * Westfield Group * Westpac * Woolworths
Corporate controversies
and collapses
Ansett Australia * Bridgecorp Holdings * Firepower International * Great Southern Group * James Hardie asbestos controversy * Rodney Adler, Ray Williams and the collapse of HIH * Opes Prime * Pasminco becomes Zinifex * Poseidon bubble * Price fixing in the packaging industry * Rene Rivkin and the Offset Alpine fire * Jodee Rich and One.Tel * Christopher Skase * Storm Financial * WA Inc * Westpoint
Notable individualsWarren Anderson * Alan Bond * Janet Holmes à Court * Robert Holmes à Court * Andrew Forrest * Margaret Jackson * Gail Kelly * Frank Lowy * David Morgan * Hugh Morgan * Rupert Murdoch * Sidney Myer * Frank Packer * James Packer * Kerry Packer * Arvi Parbo * Dick Smith * Kerry Stokes * Ziggy Switkowski * Harry Triguboff * Solomon Trujillo



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